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Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40, part 

268. EPA requires that facilities 

maintain the data outlined in this ICR 

so that the Agency can ensure that land 

disposed waste meets the treatment 

standards. EPA strongly believes that 

the recordkeeping requirements are 

necessary for the agency to fulfill its 

congressional mandate to protect human 

health and the environment. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 5.79 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 129,584. 

Frequency of response: on occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1.1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

822,994 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$108,980,482. This includes an 

estimated burden cost of $49,097,044 for 

labor, $31,703 for capital/start-up and 

$59,851,735 for operation and 

maintenance costs. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: April 3, 2007. 

Matthew Hale, 

Director, Office of Solid Waste. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0262; FRL–8300–9] 

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 

Request for Critical Use Exemption 

Applications for the Years 2009 and 

2010 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation of 

Applications and Information on 

Alternatives. 

SUMMARY: EPA is soliciting applications 

for the critical use exemption from the 

phaseout of methyl bromide for 2010 

and beyond. In addition, those 

applicants who missed last year’s 

deadline to submit a critical use 

application for an exemption in the year 

2009 may file a supplemental 

application in response to this notice. 

This exemption is an annual exemption 

and all entities interested in obtaining a 

critical use exemption must provide 

EPA with technical and economic 

information to support a ‘‘critical use’’

claim and must do so by the deadline 

specified in this notice even if they have 

previously applied for an exemption. 

Today’s notice also invites interested 

parties to provide EPA with new data on 

the technical and economic feasibility of 

methyl bromide alternatives. 

DATES: Applications for the critical use 

exemption must be postmarked on or 

before July 10, 2007. The response 

period reflects the clarifications and 

reduction of burden in the application. 

ADDRESSES: Applications for the methyl 

bromide critical use exemption should 

be submitted in duplicate (two copies) 

by mail to: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Air and 

Radiation, Stratospheric Protection 

Division, Attention Methyl Bromide 

Review Team, Mail Code 6205J, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, 

DC 20460 or by courier delivery (other 

than U.S. Post Office overnight) to: U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Air and Radiation, 

Stratospheric Protection Division, 

Attention Methyl Bromide Review 

Team, 1310 L St., NW., Room 1047D, 

Washington DC 20005. EPA also 

encourages users to submit their 

applications electronically to Aaron 

Levy, Stratospheric Protection Division, 

at levy.aaron@epa.gov. If the application 

is submitted electronically, applicants 

must fax a signed copy of Worksheet 1 

to Aaron Levy at 202–343–2338 by the 

application deadline. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General Information: U.S. EPA 

Stratospheric Ozone Information 

Hotline, 1–800–296–1996; also http:// 

www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr. 

Technical Information: Pre-plant 

Information: Nikhil Mallampalli, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Pesticide Programs (7503P), 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, 703–308–1924. 

E-mail: mallampalli.nikhil@epa.gov. 

Post Harvest Information: Colwell Cook, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Pesticide Programs (7503P), 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, 703–308–8146. 

E-mail: cook.colwell@epa.gov. 

Economic Information: Elisa Rim, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Pesticide Programs (7503P), 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, 703–308–8123. 

E-mail: rim.elisa@epa.gov. 

Regulatory Information: Aaron Levy, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Stratospheric Protection Division 

(6205J), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, 202–343–9215. 

E-mail: levy.aaron@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. What do I need to know to respond to this 

request for applications? 

A. Who can respond to this request for 

information? 

B. Whom can I contact to find out if a 

consortium is submitting an application 

form for my methyl bromide use? 

C. How do I obtain an application form for 

the methyl bromide critical use 

exemption? 

D. What alternatives must applicants 

address when applying for a critical use 

exemption? 

E. What portions of the applications will be 

considered confidential business 

information? 

F. Must I submit a ‘‘Notice of Intent to 

Apply?’’

G. What if I submit an incomplete 

application? 

H. What if I applied for a critical use 

exemption in a previous year? 

II. What is the legal authority for the critical 

use exemption? 

A. What is the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

authority for implementing the critical 

use exemption to the methyl bromide 

phaseout? 

B. What is the Montreal Protocol authority 

for granting a critical use exemption after 

the methyl bromide phaseout? 

III. How is the U.S. implementing the critical 

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A. When will the exemption become 

available to U.S. users of methyl 

bromide? 

B. What is the projected timeline for the 

critical use exemption application 

process? 

I. What do I need to know to respond 

to this request for applications? 

A. Who can respond to this request for 

information? 

Entities interested in obtaining a 

critical use exemption must fill out the 

application form available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr. The 

application form may be submitted 

either by a consortium representing 

multiple users who have similar 

circumstances or by individual users 

who anticipate needing methyl bromide 

in 2010 and beyond and believe there 

are no technically and economically 

feasible alternatives. EPA encourages 

groups of users with similar 

circumstances of use to submit a single 

application (for example, any number of 

pre-plant users with similar soil, pest, 

and climactic conditions can join 

together to submit a single application). 

In some instances, state agencies will 

assist users with the application process 

(see discussion of voluntary state 

involvement in Part I.B. below). 

In addition to requesting information 

from applicants for the critical use 

exemption, this solicitation for 

information provides an opportunity for 

any interested party to provide EPA 

with information on methyl bromide 

alternatives (e.g. technical and/or 

economic feasibility research). The 

application form for the methyl bromide 

critical use exemption and other 

information on research relevant to 

alternatives must be sent to the 

addresses specified above or e-mailed to 

the address specified above. The 

applicant’s signature, which is required 

in order for EPA to process your 

application, is on Worksheet 1 of the 

application. If the application is 

submitted electronically, applicants 

must fax a signed copy of Worksheet 1 

to Aaron Levy at 202–343–2338 by the 

application deadline. 

B. Whom can I contact to find out if a 

consortium is submitting an application 

form for my methyl bromide use? 

Please contact your local, state, 

regional or national commodity 

association to find out if they plan on 

submitting an application on behalf of 

your commodity group. 

Additionally, you should contact your 

state regulatory agency (generally this 

will be the State Department of 

Agriculture or State Environmental 

Protection Agency) to receive 

information about their involvement in 

the process. If your state agency has 

chosen to participate, EPA encourages 

all applicants to first submit their 

applications to the state regulatory 

agency, which will then forward them 

to EPA. The National Pesticide 

Information Center Web site is one 

resource available for identifying the 

lead pesticide agency in each state 

(http://ace.orst.edu/info/npic/ 

state1.htm). 

C. How do I obtain an application form 

for the methyl bromide critical use 

exemption? 

An Application Form for the methyl 

bromide critical use exemption can be 

obtained either in electronic or hardcopy form. EPA encourages use of the 

electronic form. Applications can be 

obtained in the following ways: 

1. PDF format and Microsoft Excel at 

EPA’s Web site: http://www.epa.gov/ 

ozone/mbr; 

2. Hard copy ordered through the 

Stratospheric Ozone Protection Hotline 

at 1–800–296–1996; 

3. Hard-copy format at DOCKET ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0262. The 

docket can be accessed at the http:// 

www.regulations.gov site. To obtain 

copies of materials in hard copy, please 

call the EPA Docket Center at 202–564–

1744 between the hours of 8:30 a.m.–

4:30 p.m. E.S.T., Monday–Friday, 

excluding holidays, to schedule an 

appointment. The EPA Docket Center’s 

Public Reading Room address is EPA/ 

DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460, [OPP1]. 

D. What alternatives must applicants 

address when applying for a critical use 

exemption? 

To support the assertion that a 

specific use of methyl bromide is 

‘‘critical,’’ applicants are expected to 

demonstrate that there are no 

technically and economically feasible 

alternatives available to the user of 

methyl bromide. The Parties to the 

Montreal Protocol have developed an 

‘‘International Index’’ of methyl 

bromide alternatives, which lists 

chemical and non-chemical alternatives, 

by crop. In February 2007, the United 

States submitted an index of 

alternatives, which includes the current 

registration status of available and 

potential alternatives, that is available 

on the Ozone Secretariat Web site 

(http://ozone.unep.org/ 

Exemption_Information/Critical_ 

use_nominations_for_ methyl_bromide/ 

MeBr_Submissions/USAExI_4_1_2007.pdf). [OPP2] More 

information about alternatives is 

available in the 2006 Report of the 

Methyl Bromide Technical Options 

Committee ([OPP3] http://ozone.unep.org/ 

teap/Reports/MBTOC/MBTOC–2006- 

Assessment%20Report.pdf). 

Applicants must address technical, 

regulatory, and economic issues that 

limit the adoption of ‘‘chemical 

alternatives’’ and combinations of 

‘‘chemical’’ and ‘‘non-chemical 

alternatives’’ listed for their crop within 

the ‘‘U.S. Index’’ of Methyl Bromide 

Alternatives. Applicants must also 

address technical, regulatory, and 

economic issues that limit the adoption 

of ‘‘non-chemical alternatives’’ and 

combinations of ‘‘chemical’’ and ‘‘nonchemical alternatives’’ listed for their 

crop in the ‘‘International Index.’’

E. What portions of the applications will 

be considered confidential business 

information? 

The person submitting information to 

EPA in response to this Notice may 

assert a business confidentiality claim 

covering part or all of the information 

by placing on (or attaching to) the 

information, at the time it is submitted 

to EPA, a cover sheet, stamped or typed 

legend, or other suitable form of notice 

employing language such as ‘‘trade 

secret,’’ ‘‘proprietary,’’ or ‘‘company 

confidential.’’ Allegedly confidential 

portions of otherwise non-confidential 

documents should be clearly identified 

by the applicant, and may be submitted 

separately to facilitate identification and 

handling by EPA. If the applicant 

desires confidential treatment only until 

a certain date or until the occurrence of 

a certain event, the notice should so 

state. Information covered by a claim of 

confidentiality will be disclosed by EPA 

only to the extent, and by means of the 

procedures, set forth under 40 CFR part 

2, subpart B; 41 FR 36752, 43 FR 40000, 

50 FR 51661. If no claim of 

confidentiality accompanies the 

information when it is received by EPA, 

it may be made available to the public 

by EPA without further notice to the 

applicant. 

If you are asserting a business 

confidentiality claim covering part or all 

of the information in the application, 

please submit a non-confidential 

version that EPA can place in the public 

docket for reference by other interested 

parties. Do not include on the 

‘‘Worksheet Six: Application Summary’’

page of the application any information 

that you wish to claim as confidential 

business information. Any information 

on Worksheet 6 shall not be considered 

confidential and will not be treated as 

such by the Agency. A copy of 

Worksheet 6 will be placed in the public 

domain by EPA. Applications that are 


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not confidential business information 

will be placed in the Docket in their 

entirety. Please note, claiming business 

confidentiality may delay the ability of 

EPA to review your application. 

F. Must I submit a ‘‘Notice of Intent to 

Apply’’? 

A ‘‘Notice of Intent to Apply’’ is not 

required, but would facilitate the 

organization of the application review 

during the critical use exemption 

process. If EPA is aware of the consortia 

and the individuals who intend to 

submit applications 30 days before the 

application deadline, the technical 

experts will be better positioned to 

review the application. This Notice may 

be submitted to Aaron Levy via e-mail 

at levy.aaron@epa.gov or via U.S. mail 

to U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, 

Stratospheric Protection Division, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 6205J, 

Washington, DC 20460 or by courier to 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Air and Radiation, 

Stratospheric Protection Division, 1310 

L St., NW., Room 1047D, Washington, 

DC 20005. 

G. What if I submit an incomplete 

application? 

EPA will not accept any applications 

postmarked after July 10, 2007. If the 

application is postmarked by the 

deadline but is incomplete or missing 

any data elements, EPA will not accept 

the application and will not include the 

application in the U.S. nomination 

submitted for international 

consideration. If the application is 

substantially complete with only minor 

errors, corrections will be accepted. EPA 

reviewers may also call applicants for 

further clarification of their application, 

even if it is complete. 

All consortia or users who have not 

applied to EPA in the previous year 

(2006) must submit an entire completed 

application with all Worksheets. 

H. What if I applied for a critical use 

exemption in a previous year? 

In March 2004 and in November 2004, 

the Parties decided that critical use 

exemptions would be granted for one 

year. As a result, users must apply to 

EPA for critical use exemptions on an 

annual basis. However, if a user group 

submitted a complete application to 

EPA in 2006, the user is only required 

to submit revised copies of the certain 

Worksheets listed below, though the 

entire application with all Worksheets 

must be on file with EPA. The following 

worksheets must be completed in full 

regardless of whether you submitted an 

application in 2006: 1, 2B, 2C, 2D, 4, 5 

and 6. The remaining worksheets must 

only be completed if any information 

has changed since 2006. If a user has 

previously submitted a critical use 

exemption application to EPA in 2002, 

2003, 2004 or 2005 (first, second, third 

or fourth rounds) but did not submit an 

application in 2006 (fifth round) then all 

of the worksheets in the application 

must be submitted again in their 

entirety. 

II. What is the legal authority for the 

critical use exemption? 

A. What is the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

authority for implementing the critical 

use exemption to the methyl bromide 

phaseout? 

In October 1998, the U.S. Congress 

amended the Clean Air Act by adding 

CAA Sections 604(d)(6), 604(e)(3), and 

604(h) (Section 764 of the 1999 

Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 

Supplemental Appropriations Act (Pub. 

L. 105–277; October 21, 1998)). The 

amendment requires EPA to conform 

the U.S. phaseout schedule for methyl 

bromide to the provisions of the 

Montreal Protocol for industrialized 

countries. Specifically, the amendment 

requires EPA to make regulatory 

changes to implement the following 

phaseout schedule: 

25% reduction (from 1991 baseline) in 

1999 

50% reduction in 2001 

70% reduction in 2003 

100% reduction in 2005 

EPA published regulations in the 

Federal Register on June 1, 1999 (64 FR 

29240) and November 28, 2000 (65 FR 

70795), instituting the phaseout 

reductions in the production and import 

of methyl bromide in accordance with 

the schedule listed above. Additionally, 

the 1998 amendment allowed EPA to 

exempt the production and import of 

methyl bromide from the phaseout for 

critical uses starting January 1, 2005 ‘‘to 

the extent consistent with the Montreal 

Protocol’’ (Section 764 of the 1999 

Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 

Supplemental Appropriations Act (Pub. 

L. 105–277, October 21, 1998), Section 

604(d)(6) of the Clean Air Act). 

B. What is the Montreal Protocol 

authority for granting a critical use 

exemption after the methyl bromide 

phaseout? 

The Montreal Protocol provides an 

exemption to the phaseout of methyl 

bromide for critical uses in Article 2H, 

paragraph 5. The Parties to the Protocol 

included provisions for such an 

exemption in recognition that 

substitutes for methyl bromide may not 

be available by 2005 for certain uses of 

methyl bromide agreed by the Parties to 

be ‘‘critical uses’’. 

In their Ninth Meeting (1997), the 

Parties to the Protocol agreed to 

Decision IX/6, setting forth the 

following criteria for a ‘‘critical use’’

determination: 

(a) That a use of methyl bromide 

should qualify as ‘‘critical’’ only if the 

nominating Party [e.g. U.S.] determines 

that: 

(i) The specific use is critical because 

the lack of availability of methyl 

bromide for that use would result in a 

significant market disruption; and 

(ii) There are no technically and 

economically feasible alternatives or 

substitutes available to the user that are 

acceptable from the standpoint of 

environment and health and are suitable 

to the crops and circumstances of the 

nomination. 

(b) That production and consumption, 

if any, of methyl bromide for a critical 

use should be permitted only if: 

(i) All technically and economically 

feasible steps have been taken to 

minimize the critical use and any 

associated emission of methyl bromide; 

(ii) Methyl bromide is not available in 

sufficient quantity and quality from 

existing stocks of banked or recycled 

methyl bromide, also bearing in mind 

the developing countries’ need for 

methyl bromide; 

(iii) It is demonstrated that an 

appropriate effort is being made to 

evaluate, commercialize and secure 

national regulatory approval of 

alternatives and substitutes, taking into 

consideration the circumstances of the 

particular nomination * * *. NonArticle 5 Parties [e.g., the U.S.] must 

demonstrate that research programmes 

are in place to develop and deploy 

alternatives and substitutes * * *. 

In the context of the phaseout 

program, the use of the term 

consumption may be misleading. 

Consumption does not mean the ‘‘use’’

of a controlled substance, but rather is 

defined as the formula: consumption = 

production + imports ¥ exports, of 

controlled substances (Article 1 of the 

Protocol and Section 601 of the CAA). 

A Class I controlled substance that was 

produced or imported through the 

expenditure of allowances prior to its 

phaseout date can continue to be used 

by industry and the public after that 

specific chemical’s phaseout under 

EPA’s phaseout regulations, unless 

otherwise precluded under separate 

regulations. 

In addition to the language quoted 

above, the Parties further agreed to 

request the TEAP to review nominations 

and make recommendations for 

approval based on the criteria 


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established in paragraphs (a)(ii) and (b) 

of Decision IX/6. 

III. How is the U.S. implementing the 

critical use exemption? 

A. When will the exemption become 

available to U.S. users of methyl 

bromide? 

Under the provisions of both the CAA 

and the Montreal Protocol, the critical 

use exemption became available to 

approved users on January 1, 2005. 

Until that date, all production and 

import of methyl bromide (except for 

those quantities that qualify for the 

quarantine and preshipment exemption) 

was required to conform to the phaseout 

schedule listed above (see 

Supplementary Information Section II 

A). Allowances for subsequent years are 

authorized through regulations. For 

more information on the quarantine and 

preshipment exemption, please refer to 

68 FR 238 (January 2, 2003). 

B. What is the projected timeline for the 

critical use exemption application 

process? 

There is both a domestic and 

international component to the critical 

use exemption process. The following 

outline projects a timeline for the 

process for the next three years. 

April 17, 2007 ....................... Solicit applications for the methyl bromide critical use exemption for 2009 and 2010. 

July 10, 2007 ........................ Deadline for submitting critical use exemption applications to EPA. 

Fall 2007 .............................. U.S. government (EPA, Department of State, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other interested federal agencies) create U.S. Critical Use Nomination package. 

January 24, 2008 ................. Deadline for U.S. government to submit U.S. nomination package to the Protocol Parties. 

Early 2008 ............................ Review of the nomination packages for critical use exemptions by the Technical and Economic Assessment 

Panel (TEAP) and Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee (MBTOC). 

Mid 2008 .............................. Parties consider TEAP/MBTOC recommendations. 

November 2008 .................... Parties authorize critical use exemptions for methyl bromide for production and consumption in 2009 (supplemental request) and 2010. 

Early-Mid 2009 ..................... EPA publishes proposal and final rule for 2009 supplemental request, if applicable. 

Mid 2009 .............................. EPA publishes proposed rule for allocating critical use exemptions in the U.S. for 2010. 

Late 2009 ............................. EPA publishes final rule allocating critical use exemptions in the U.S. for the 2010 control period. 

January 1, 2010 ................... Critical use exemption permits the limited production and import of methyl bromide beyond the phaseout date for 

specific uses for the 2010 control period. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7601, 7671–

7671q. 

Dated: April 9, 2007. 

Brian J. McLean, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–8300–2] 

Request for Nominations to the 

Children’s Health Protection Advisory 

Committee (CHPAC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency invites nominations 

to fill vacancies on its Children’s Health 

Protection Advisory Committee 

(CHPAC). The Agency seeks qualified 

senior-level decisionmakers from 

diverse sectors throughout the United 

States to be considered for 

appointments. EPA encourages 

interested applicants to send their 

resumes and qualifications as soon as 

possible. Additional avenues and 

resources may be utilized in the 

solicitation of nominees. 

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations via email or fax to Carolyn Hubbard, 

Designated Federal Officer, 

Hubbard.carolyn@epa.gov, 202–564–

2733 (fax), Office of Children’s Health 

Protection, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (1107A), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Background: The CHPAC is a Federal 

advisory committee under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92463. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency established the CHPAC in 1998 

to provide independent advice to the 

EPA Administrator on regulations, 

research, and communications issues 

relevant to children’s environmental 

health. CHPAC consists of 

representatives from industry, private 

foundations, pediatricians, nurses, 

scientists, environmental organizations, 

citizens organizations/networks, Federal 

Government, environmental justice 

community, State/local/tribal 

governments, outreach groups, user/ 

processors (i.e., foods), and economists. 

Members are appointed by the 

Administrator of EPA for two year terms 

with the possibility of reappointment 

for up to 6 years. The Committee 

usually meets 3–4 times annually (with 

additional teleconference meetings as 

needed) and the average workload for 

the members is approximately 10 to 15 

hours per month. Members serve on the 

Committee in a voluntary capacity; 

however, EPA provides reimbursement 

for travel expenses associated with 

official government business. 

Potential candidates should possess 

the following qualifications: Occupy a 

senior position within their 

organization; Broad experience outside 

of their current position; Experience 

dealing with public policy issues 

affecting children; Membership in 

broad-based networks; Recognized 

expert in matters affecting children’s 

health to be addressed by the CHPAC. 

EPA is seeking nominees for 

representation from all sectors, in 

particular Federal, State, local and tribal 

agencies, academia, healthcare, public 

health, industry, environmental justice, 

and non-governmental organizations. 

Nominations for membership must 

include a resume and short biography 

describing the educational and 

professional qualifications of the 

nominee and the nominee’s current 

business address and daytime telephone 

number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carolyn Hubbard, Office of Children’s 

Health Protection, USEPA, MC 1107A, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564–2189, 

Hubbard.carolyn@epa.gov. 

Dated: April 11, 2007. 

Carolyn Hubbard, 

Designated Federal Official. 

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